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        <title>Abaev Dictionary: entry <hi rendition="#rend_italic">xæstæg</hi></title>
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      <publicationStmt xml:base="../pubstmt.xml"><p>Translated from Russian in 2020 by Oleg Belyaev (ed.), Irina Khomchenkova, Julia
    Sinitsyna and Vadim Dyachkov.</p></publicationStmt>
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        <bibl xml:lang="ru"><author>Абаев, Василий Иванович</author>.
            <title>Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка</title>. Т. <biblScope unit="volume">I</biblScope>. A–Kʼ. <pubPlace>М.–Л.</pubPlace>:
            <publisher>Наука</publisher>, <date>1958</date>. С. <biblScope unit="page">??–??</biblScope>.</bibl>
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        <form xml:id="form_d507e66" type="lemma"><orth>xæstæg</orth></form>
        <sense n="1">
          <sense xml:id="sense_d1773e69">
            <abv:tr xml:lang="ru">
              <q>близкий</q>
            </abv:tr>
            <abv:tr xml:lang="en">
              <q>close</q>
            </abv:tr>
            <note xml:lang="ru" type="comment"> (в пространстве и времени)</note>
            <note xml:lang="en" type="comment"> (in space and time)</note>
          </sense>
          <sense>
            <abv:tr xml:lang="ru">
              <q>близко</q>
            </abv:tr>
            <abv:tr xml:lang="en">
              <q>near</q>
            </abv:tr>
          </sense>
        </sense>
        <note xml:lang="ru" type="comment">; ант. <ref type="xr" target="#entry_dard"/>; ср. <ref type="xr" target="#entry_ævvaxs"/>;</note>
        <note xml:lang="en" type="comment">; ant. <ref type="xr" target="#entry_dard"/>; cf. <ref type="xr" target="#entry_ævvaxs"/>;</note>
        <re>
          <form type="lemma"><orth>xæstæǵyty</orth></form>
          <sense>
            <tr xmlns="http://ossetic-studies.org/ns/abaevdict" xml:lang="ru">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">поблизости</q>
            </tr>
            <tr xmlns="http://ossetic-studies.org/ns/abaevdict" xml:lang="en">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">nearby</q>
            </tr>
          </sense>
        </re>
        <re>
          <form type="lemma"><orth>xæstægdær</orth></form>
          <sense>
            <tr xmlns="http://ossetic-studies.org/ns/abaevdict" xml:lang="ru">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">ближе</q>
            </tr>
            <tr xmlns="http://ossetic-studies.org/ns/abaevdict" xml:lang="en">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">closer</q>
            </tr>
          </sense>
        </re>
        <re>
          <form type="lemma"><orth>ær-, ba-, ærba-xæstæg wyn</orth></form>
          <sense>
            <tr xmlns="http://ossetic-studies.org/ns/abaevdict" xml:lang="ru">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">приблизиться</q>
            </tr>
            <tr xmlns="http://ossetic-studies.org/ns/abaevdict" xml:lang="en">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">get closer</q>
            </tr>
          </sense>
        </re>
        <sense>
          <sense>
            <abv:tr xml:lang="ru">
              <q>близкий</q>
              <note xml:lang="ru" type="comment"> (по родству)</note>
              <note xml:lang="en" type="comment"> (по родству)</note>
            </abv:tr>
            <abv:tr xml:lang="en">
              <q>close</q>
              <note type="comment"> (by kinship)</note>
            </abv:tr>
          </sense>
          <sense>
            <abv:tr xml:lang="ru">
              <q>родственник</q>
            </abv:tr>
            <abv:tr xml:lang="en">
              <q>relative</q>
            </abv:tr>
          </sense>
        </sense>
        <re>
          <form type="lemma"><orth>xæstæǵytæ</orth></form>
          <sense>
            <tr xmlns="http://ossetic-studies.org/ns/abaevdict" xml:lang="ru">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">родня</q>
            </tr>
            <tr xmlns="http://ossetic-studies.org/ns/abaevdict" xml:lang="en">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">relatives</q>
            </tr>
          </sense>
        </re>
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            <quote xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" n="1">qrīqupp <oRef>xæstæǵyty</oRef>
              donbyltyl zīly</quote>
            <tr xml:lang="ru">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">журавль поблизости кружит на берегу реки</q>
            </tr>
            <tr xml:lang="en">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">a crane is circling on the river bank
                nearby</q>
            </tr>
            <bibl xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><ref type="bibl" target="#src_Коста"/>
              <biblScope>85</biblScope></bibl>
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          <example>
            <quote xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">Xetæg æm <oRef>baxæstæg</oRef></quote>
            <tr xml:lang="ru">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">Хетаг приблизился к нему</q>
            </tr>
            <tr xml:lang="en">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">Khetag approached him</q>
            </tr>
            <bibl xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><ref type="bibl" target="#src_Коста"/>
              <biblScope>138</biblScope></bibl>
          </example>
          <example>
            <quote xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">jæ mælæt k˳y <oRef>ʽrxæstæg</oRef>...</quote>
            <tr xml:lang="ru">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">когда приблизилась ее смерть...</q>
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            <tr xml:lang="en">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">when her death approached...</q>
            </tr>
            <bibl xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><ref type="bibl" target="#src_ОЭп."/>
              <biblScope>20</biblScope></bibl>
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          <example>
            <quote xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">ærbabad ma <oRef>xæstægdær</oRef></quote>
            <tr xml:lang="ru">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">садись-ка поближе</q>
            </tr>
            <tr xml:lang="en">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">sit down closer</q>
            </tr>
            <bibl xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><ref type="bibl" target="#src_Темыр."/>
              <biblScope>37</biblScope></bibl>
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          <example>
            <quote xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">wæd sæm <oRef>xæstægdær</oRef> bacydī</quote>
            <tr xml:lang="ru">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">тогда он подошел к ним ближе</q>
            </tr>
            <tr xml:lang="en">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">then he came closer to them</q>
            </tr>
            <bibl xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><ref type="bibl" target="#src_ОТ"/>
              <biblScope>82<hi rendition="#rend_subscript">8</hi></biblScope></bibl>
          </example>
          <example>
            <quote xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">mīty wazal jæxī <oRef>xæstægæj</oRef>
              <oRef>xæstægdær</oRef> lasta</quote>
            <tr xml:lang="ru">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">снежная стужа надвигалась все ближе и ближе</q>
            </tr>
            <tr xml:lang="en">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">the snowstorm was getting closer and closer</q>
            </tr>
            <bibl xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><ref type="bibl" target="#src_Сека"/>
              <biblScope>22</biblScope></bibl>
          </example>
          <example xml:lang="os-x-digor">
            <usg xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><lang/></usg>
            <quote xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">Saw xonxi razmæ <oRef>baxæstæg</oRef>
              uncæ</quote>
            <tr xml:lang="ru">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">они приближаются к Черной горе</q>
            </tr>
            <tr xml:lang="en">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">they are approaching Black Mountain</q>
            </tr>
            <bibl xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><ref type="bibl" target="#src_ОЭп."/>
              <biblScope>59<hi rendition="#rend_subscript">221</hi></biblScope></bibl>
          </example>
          <example xml:lang="os-x-digor">
            <usg xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><lang/></usg>
            <quote xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">xætuj xansi medæg ædas <oRef>xæstæg</oRef>
              dongænttæmæ c’æxars</quote>
            <tr xml:lang="ru">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">в зарослях вблизи речных берегов бродит в
                безопасности бурый медведь</q>
            </tr>
            <tr xml:lang="en">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">in the thickets near the river banks, a brown
                bear roams in safety</q>
            </tr>
            <bibl xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><ref type="bibl" target="#src_Iræf"/>
              <biblScope>62</biblScope></bibl>
          </example>
          <example xml:lang="os-x-digor">
            <usg xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><lang/></usg>
            <quote xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><oRef>xæstægdær</oRef> imæ baco</quote>
            <tr xml:lang="ru">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">подойди к ней поближе</q>
            </tr>
            <tr xml:lang="en">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">come closer to her</q>
            </tr>
            <bibl xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><ref type="bibl" target="#src_Iræf"/>
              <biblScope>110</biblScope></bibl>
          </example>
          <example xml:lang="os-x-digor">
            <usg xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><lang/></usg>
            <quote xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">æ farsmæ <oRef>xæstæggomaw</oRef> æxe
              ærwaǧta</quote>
            <tr xml:lang="ru">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">она опустилась поблизости рядом с ним</q>
            </tr>
            <tr xml:lang="en">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">she knelt down next to him</q>
            </tr>
            <bibl xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><ref type="bibl" target="#src_DZ"/>
              <biblScope>53</biblScope></bibl>
          </example>
        </exampleGrp>
        <exampleGrp xmlns="http://ossetic-studies.org/ns/abaevdict" n="2">
          <example>
            <quote xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">ragæj mæ fændyd mæ <oRef>xæstæg</oRef> dy k’
              wais</quote>
            <tr xml:lang="ru">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">давно мне хотелось, чтобы мы с тобой
                породнились</q>
            </tr>
            <tr xml:lang="en">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">For a long time I wanted you and me to become
                related</q>
            </tr>
            <bibl xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><ref type="bibl" target="#src_Коста"/>
              <biblScope>143</biblScope></bibl>
          </example>
          <example>
            <quote xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><oRef>xæstæg</oRef> k˳y bakænikkam, dæ ḱyzǵy
              myn ūsæn k˳y raddis. .</quote>
            <tr xml:lang="ru">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">если бы мы породнились, если бы ты дал свою
                дочь мне в жены...</q>
            </tr>
            <tr xml:lang="en">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">if we were related, if you gave your daughter
                to me in marriage...</q>
            </tr>
            <bibl xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><ref type="bibl" target="#src_Сека"/>
              <biblScope>66—67</biblScope></bibl>
          </example>
          <example>
            <quote xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">næ qan k˳y dæ, næ <oRef>xæstæg</oRef></quote>
            <tr xml:lang="ru">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">ведь ты наш воспитанник, наш родственник</q>
            </tr>
            <tr xml:lang="en">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">because you are our pupil, our relative</q>
            </tr>
            <bibl xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><ref type="bibl" target="#src_Сека"/>
              <biblScope>29</biblScope></bibl>
          </example>
          <example>
            <quote xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">æmgar, <oRef>xæstægǵyn</oRef> læg
              wydī</quote>
            <tr xml:lang="ru">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">у него было много друзей, родни</q>
            </tr>
            <tr xml:lang="en">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">he had many friends, relatives</q>
            </tr>
            <bibl xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><ref type="bibl" target="#src_Сека"/>
              <biblScope>32</biblScope></bibl>
          </example>
          <example>
            <quote xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">xorz æmgar <oRef>xæstægæj</oRef> xwyzdær
              ū</quote>
            <tr xml:lang="ru">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">хороший друг лучше (ценнее) родственника</q>
            </tr>
            <tr xml:lang="en">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">a good friend is better (more valuable) than a
                relative</q>
            </tr>
            <bibl xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><ref type="bibl" target="#src_Брит."/>
              <biblScope>26</biblScope></bibl>
          </example>
          <example>
            <quote xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">cydysty mæm syxag,
              <oRef>xæstæg</oRef></quote>
            <tr xml:lang="ru">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">ко мне приходили соседи, родственники</q>
            </tr>
            <tr xml:lang="en">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">neighbors, relatives came to me</q>
            </tr>
            <bibl xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><ref type="bibl" target="#src_F."/>
              <biblScope>1956 XII 15</biblScope></bibl>
          </example>
          <example xml:lang="os-x-digor">
            <usg xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><lang/></usg>
            <quote xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">bittir tugurmæ ku batæxa, wædta eci xæʒaræn æ
                <oRef>xæstægutæj</oRef> eske mæluj</quote>
            <tr xml:lang="ru">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">если летучая мышь залетит на потолок, то
                умирает кто-нибудь из родни этого дома</q>
            </tr>
            <tr xml:lang="en">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">if a bat flies to the ceiling, then one of the
                relatives of this house dies</q>
            </tr>
            <bibl xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><biblScope xml:lang="ru">примета</biblScope><biblScope xml:lang="en">omen</biblScope>; <ref type="bibl" target="#src_Диг._сказ."/>
              <biblScope>61</biblScope></bibl>
          </example>
          <example xml:lang="os-x-digor">
            <usg xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><lang/></usg>
            <quote xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">agorun æj <oRef>xæstægæn</oRef></quote>
            <tr xml:lang="ru">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">я ищу породниться с ним</q>
            </tr>
            <tr xml:lang="en">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">iʼm looking to intermarry with him</q>
            </tr>
            <bibl xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><ref type="bibl" target="#src_Iræf"/>
              <biblScope>100</biblScope></bibl>
          </example>
          <example xml:lang="os-x-digor">
            <usg xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><lang/></usg>
            <quote xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><oRef>xæstægæn</oRef> dær ænsuvær æj</quote>
            <tr xml:lang="ru">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">для родни он (как) брат</q>
            </tr>
            <tr xml:lang="en">
              <q xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">for relatives he is (like) a brother</q>
            </tr>
            <bibl xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><ref type="bibl" target="#src_ОЭп."/>
              <biblScope>60<hi rendition="#rend_subscript">253</hi></biblScope></bibl>
          </example>
        </exampleGrp>
        <etym xml:lang="ru">Возводим к <mentioned xml:lang="ira"><w type="rec">aštaka-</w></mentioned> с протетическим <c>x-</c>, как в <ref type="xr" target="#entry_xom"/>, <ref type="xr" target="#entry_xyzyn"/>, <ref type="xr" target="#entry_xubeʒæstæ"/>, <ref type="xr" target="#entry_xaj"/>, <ref type="xr" target="#entry_xærd_2"/>. Ср. <mentioned xml:lang="ae"><lang/>
            <w>asna-</w></mentioned>, <mentioned xml:lang="inc-x-old"><lang/>
            <w>āsanna-</w>
            <gloss><q>близкий</q></gloss></mentioned> от <mentioned xml:lang="inc-x-old"><w>ā-sad-</w>
            <gloss><q>приближаться</q></gloss></mentioned>; далее, <mentioned xml:lang="ae"><lang/>
            <w>ašta-</w>
            <gloss><q>приближенный</q></gloss>, <gloss><q>друг</q></gloss></mentioned> (<mentioned xml:lang="pal"><lang/>
            <w>dōst</w>
            <gloss><q>друг</q></gloss>; <note type="bibl"><bibl><ref type="bibl" target="#ref_AiW"/></bibl>AiW: </note>
            <gloss><q>Bote</q></gloss></mentioned>), <mentioned xml:lang="pal"><lang/>
            <w>aštak</w></mentioned>. <mentioned xml:lang="ae"><lang/>
            <w>asna-</w> (из <w type="rec">ā-zd-na-</w>) </mentioned> относится к <mentioned xml:lang="ae"><lang/>
            <w>ašta-</w> (из <w type="rec">ā-zd-ta </w> → <w type="rec">ā-z-ta </w>)</mentioned> ,
          как, скажем, <mentioned xml:lang="ae"><lang/>
            <w>yasna-</w></mentioned> относится к <mentioned xml:lang="ae"><w>yašta</w> (от
              <w>yaz-</w>)</mentioned>. Семантика <q>близкий</q> → <q>родственник</q> вполне
          понятна; ср. <mentioned xml:lang="la"><lang/>
            <w>proximi</w>
            <gloss><q>близкие</q></gloss> → <gloss><q>родственники</q></gloss></mentioned>,
            <mentioned xml:lang="fr"><lang/>
            <w>proche</w>
            <gloss><q>близкий</q></gloss> → <gloss><q>родственник</q></gloss></mentioned>,
            <mentioned xml:lang="ae"><lang/>
            <w>nazdišta-</w>
            <gloss><q>ближайший</q></gloss></mentioned>, <mentioned xml:lang="ae"><w>nabā-nazdišta-</w>
            <gloss><q>родственник</q></gloss></mentioned> (<mentioned xml:lang="ae"><w>nabā-</w></mentioned> = ос. <ref type="xr" target="#entry_naj"><w>naj</w>
            <gloss><q>род</q></gloss></ref>).<note type="footnote"><bibl><ref type="bibl" target="#ref_Bielmeier"/>
              <biblScope>(251)</biblScope></bibl> возводит ос. <oRef>xæstæg</oRef> к <mentioned xml:lang="ira"><w type="rec">xarštaka-</w></mentioned> от <mentioned xml:lang="ira"><w>karš-</w>
              <gloss><q>тащить</q></gloss></mentioned>. Остается, однако, загадочным, каким образом
            из значения <q rendition="#rend_doublequotes">тащить</q> могли возникнуть значения <q rendition="#rend_doublequotes">близкий</q> и <q rendition="#rend_doublequotes">родственник</q>. </note><lb/><bibl><ref type="bibl" target="#ref_Festschrift_Knobloch"/>
            <biblScope>7—8</biblScope></bibl>.</etym>
        <etym xml:lang="en">We trace it back to <mentioned xml:lang="ira"><w type="rec">aštaka-</w></mentioned> with prothetic <c>x-</c>, like in <ref type="xr" target="#entry_xom"/>, <ref type="xr" target="#entry_xyzyn"/>, <ref type="xr" target="#entry_xubeʒæstæ"/>, <ref type="xr" target="#entry_xaj"/>, <ref type="xr" target="#entry_xærd_2"/>. Cf. <mentioned xml:lang="ae"><lang/>
            <w>asna-</w></mentioned>, <mentioned xml:lang="inc-x-old"><lang/>
            <w>āsanna-</w>
            <gloss><q>close</q></gloss></mentioned> from <mentioned xml:lang="inc-x-old"><w>ā-sad-</w>
            <gloss><q>approach</q></gloss></mentioned>; furthermore, <mentioned xml:lang="ae"><lang/>
            <w>ašta-</w>
            <gloss><q>the close one</q></gloss>, <gloss><q>friend</q></gloss></mentioned>
            (<mentioned xml:lang="pal"><lang/>
            <w>dōst</w>
            <gloss><q>friend</q></gloss>; <note type="bibl"><bibl><ref type="bibl" target="#ref_AiW"/></bibl>AiW: </note>
            <gloss><q>Bote</q></gloss></mentioned>), <mentioned xml:lang="pal"><lang/>
            <w>aštak</w></mentioned>. <mentioned xml:lang="ae" xml:id="mentioned_hyp_f3b_yxb"><lang/>
            <w>asna-</w> (from <w type="rec">ā-zd-na-</w>) </mentioned> is related to <mentioned xml:lang="ae"><lang/>
            <w>ašta-</w> (from <w type="rec">ā-zd-ta </w> → <w type="rec">ā-z-ta </w>)</mentioned> ,
          like, say, <mentioned xml:lang="ae"><lang/>
            <w>yasna-</w></mentioned> is related to <mentioned xml:lang="ae"><w>yašta</w> (from
              <w>yaz-</w>)</mentioned>. The semantics <q>close</q> → <q>relative</q> is quite
          understandable; cf. <mentioned xml:lang="la"><lang/>
            <w>proximi</w>
            <gloss><q>the close ones</q></gloss> → <gloss><q>relatives</q></gloss></mentioned>,
            <mentioned xml:lang="fr"><lang/>
            <w>proche</w>
            <gloss><q>close</q></gloss> → <gloss><q>relative</q></gloss></mentioned>, <mentioned xml:lang="ae"><lang/>
            <w>nazdišta-</w>
            <gloss><q>the closest one</q></gloss></mentioned>, <mentioned xml:lang="ae"><w>nabā-nazdišta-</w>
            <gloss><q>relative</q></gloss></mentioned> (<mentioned xml:lang="ae"><w>nabā-</w></mentioned> = Ossetic <ref type="xr" target="#entry_naj"><w>naj</w>
            <gloss><q>family</q></gloss></ref>).<note type="footnote"><bibl><ref type="bibl" target="#ref_Bielmeier"/>
              <biblScope>(251)</biblScope></bibl> traces Ossetic <oRef>xæstæg</oRef> back to
              <mentioned xml:lang="ira"><w type="rec">xarštaka-</w></mentioned> from <mentioned xml:lang="ira"><w>karš-</w>
              <gloss><q>drag</q></gloss></mentioned>. It remains, however, mysterious how the
              meaning<q rendition="#rend_doublequotes">drag</q> could give rise to the meanings <q rendition="#rend_doublequotes">close</q> and <q rendition="#rend_doublequotes">relative</q>. </note><lb/><bibl><ref type="bibl" target="#ref_Festschrift_Knobloch"/>
            <biblScope>7—8</biblScope></bibl>.</etym>
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